Cosgel, Metin; Miceli, Thomas; Ergene, Bogac A.; Etkes, … - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2011
Until the seventeenth century, the Ottomans used fines extensively for law enforcement and employed agents to collect the fines. Fines can be costly to implement because of agency problems and corruption. To solve the problem of corruption, the Ottomans implemented a variety of mechanisms,...